Published February 1983 | Version v1
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How big is the universe today

Creators

  • 1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

If one defines the size of the present universe in terms of a hypersurface of simultaneity generated by the spatial geodesics orthogonal to our world line today, then it is finite in all expanding Big Bang Friedmann models. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Gen. Relativ. Gravitation
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
2
Series
Gen. Relativ. Gravitation.
Journal Page Range
181-185
ISSN
0001-7701

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
14804098
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EXPANSION; GEODESICS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; SIZE; SPACE-TIME; SURFACES; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS